The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-17 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is no new feature of importance in the i eneral discount market. The demand is well ustained, but there is a good supply of money, nd the lowest rate for bankers' acceptances is per cent. About £65,000 in gold was taken into the sank yesterday. In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon here was a slight downward movement. Since Monday last the imports of specie have mounted to £825,700, and the exports to 0957,700. There was a meeting yesterday of the creditors )1 "Messrs. Newby, Carson, and Co., in the India ind China trade, who lately failed. A statement iubmitted showed debts and liabilities £131,117, ►nd assets £111,208. At the time of the failure :he aggregate liabilities were £60 . 0,000, but about £470,000 was secured. An offer was made by two )f the partners to pay 10s. in the pound without security, but eventually a committee of seven cre. litors was appointed to investigate the character of the assets and report to an adjourned meeting. Two o'CLocs.. At the Paris Bourse this day, according to Reuters telegram, the 3 per Cent. Routes were quoted 65f. 85c. A rise of 4 per cent. has taken place in the Eng lish Funds upon a few purchases for investment. There is little animation in the department of the Stock Exchange, speculation being very quiet. Consols for money are 881 I, and for the account 8 8 1 t. The New Threes are 861 1 ; the Reduced, 802 ; Exchequer Bills, 12s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents., 1038 104/ ; de. 5 per Cent. Enfaced, 101 1024; and do. Bonds, 28s. dis. In the Foreign market the movements, beyond a decline of 2 per cent. in the Confederate Loan, viz., to 80 82, have been unimportant, and business quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 691 70 ; ditto Consolides, 50 ; Mexican, 271 1; ditto New, 251 ; Greek, 231 241 ; Spanish Passive, 311 321 ; ditto Certificates, 13i 141; and Portuguese, 461 47/. In the Railway Share Market there has been _ very little animation, and prices have shown rather less firmness. Great Eastern, and North Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, have each declined / ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, sl ; while South Eastern have improved 1. The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit no mate rial change. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull, and, in some instances, show less firmness in prices. Al ii - liance have receded to 511; English and Swedish, to 14i ; London Joint Stock, to 45 ; while City Bank have improved to 123; and London Financial have declined to 2211. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Console Do Account, Oct 11 BBl I 3 per Cent. Reduced B6/ 1 I New 3 per C en t New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3& 31 per Cent. 12 die Do £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO Bank England Stk, 5} per Ct. — Do Account.. — INDII.N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 — ,;,,.Do Account IP Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 .......... 1031 41 1 Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 . _ Do Certificates .... 1)o Account — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Do 4} pei Cent. — Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do 5i per Cent., May, 1879 — Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do Bonds £3,000 -- LDo under £1,000.. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Brazilian 5 per Cent - Do 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 — Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do Account... ..... Chilian 6 per Cent. -- Do lier Cent Colombia u n 6 per Cent..... - - Cuba, 6 per Cent. g -- Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Danish 3 per Cent. 1825 Do 4 p er Cent, 1863 E luador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent - ,-Do, Provi sona l L an d W arra nt ...- zgyptian 7 per. Cent 961 i Do, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Do Account Do Coupon s Do Account — Guatemala 5 per Cent. It Do 1839 and 180 ........ — aß ati an O per eent.(Maremmana Railway) ate • xican 3 per Cent ..12 0 A ccotuit . 1864 ........ 1 -' ... „ 0 French Sc r ip, E x . 26f 20c — 'Jo 6 per C en t. A ng l o -F re nch — die ito Scrip, £23 p a id ............ New G bloorish Imperial 5 per Cent ...... Granada —. Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) —. Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 — p Do do Aug., 1866 ..--. e rllVian 41 per Cent .. no 3 per Cent. (Uribarren).. Do 41 per Cent., 1862 .. ..... Do Account... a - or . Do 3 per Cent., 1853 no Account — D., 0 3 per C en t .9 , , 1856 '7 '0 , ~„ 00 Account '6O, 62;3 - itassian. 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B 9l 041 per Cent., 1850 .. "Jo 1860 Do 3 per Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 ....Do Anglo-D u t c h PIN Scrip,paid . £55 S ardinian 5 per Cent . Do Account "Panish 3 per Cent Do Account — Do New Deferred — Do Account Do Passive -- Do Account !Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. — Do Account Swedish, 4 per Cent. — Do Scrip, £6O paid '-- pm Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 . .. .. 69 LIT Oo Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds.. — Do 1863 .. Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. - Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account 561 6 Do 6 per Cent., 1864 • • Dividends on the above payable in London kwatrian, 5 per Cent. , Ex. 10 Florins. ft: l3 ° Account 41°Igiall 4 3 / 4 per Cent., Ex. 25f — —ll T , teb • 2 # per Cent.,Ex. 12 Guil — '-',,0l per Cent. ert ifi cates Itallnn,s per Cent., 1861, Es. 25 francs — Do Account 6 si French Rentes, 2 per Cent is'eruvian Dollar Bonds 4 3 / 4 per Ct. Ex. 4s. riedu lontese, 5 per Cen , t., Ex. 25f ...... TWO O'CLOCK to nsols Money Do Account B B 3 /4 i TILE VACCINATION ACT.—A point has r ecentl y been settled at Cambridge which is likely to increase c ''' l7 ltiol, C orably the efficiency of the Vaccination Act , 16 and found cap. 100. B y th a t ac t ever y registrar of births is ~1; to keep a register of successful vaccination from c ate certificates, directed by the same act to be trans- Ili u ted to hi m b y any medical officer or practitioner in his z u S t , t"Ct by whom a vacc i na ti on h as b een performed. In quarters there i s cons id era bl e l ax ity in the trensmis u°4,‘ll, of the se d uplicate certificates; and in the Cam b r id ge : I°7l , upon th e complaint of the registrar, t h e b oar d o f ttlans directed their clerk to prefer an indictment against atamietitcal practitioner for disobeying the provisions of the tho result being that the defaulter, by the advice of his c , ,„, unsel, comp rom i se d th e case b y f urn i s hi ng th e re l'ar'o,reededcienrzti:.cate, and paying £5 towards the expense of the CI . "ERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Government 'a'grat.t ship Sandringha m , 1 , 126 tons, Mr J. Lorden, n„ ster, be Now , belonging 1 to Mr F. Basil, London, which sailed N Pl ymouth on th e sth M arc h last, arrived at Sydney, 380 South W a l es, on the 26th of June, having on board Government emigrants, under the care of Mr William surgeon superintendent, assisted by Miss A Robertson, matron, Four births and siz deaths took 4 ce on the voyage, SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO&S. Larei Railways. Pfd ' Closing Business Prise. done. .14. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. it Blythe and Tyne. it Bristol and Exeter 83 85 1234 121& ;t Caledonian i 0 Cork and Bandon tO Cornwall A gets no divl 10 Do A till 6p c.p an.has [0 Do. B been paid to 8.1 i 0 Dublin & Belfast Juno. 16 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. st Edinburgh & Glasgow., 3t Glasg. and S. Western.' st Great Eastern, Ord. stk 6 7 31 33 16 17 8 01 106 103 45 46 it Ditto A stock I Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland 6i 7i st Great Northern.. st Do A stook st Do B do st Gt. S. Rua W. of Trellan,i 198 129 138 139 127 130 90 V 671 681 st G reat Westerr ,Original st Do Str Val ffint. btoos st Do. South Wales st Do. Wtbt raid. yt Do Newport st Do Hereford st Lancashire & Yorkshire st London and Mackwall st Lon., liright,& S. Coast st Lon., Chat., and Dovcr et Lon. & North Western st Lon. & So , ,th Western st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 12 461 171 38 40 100 1(3 114 1144 64 66 102 103 39 41 110/ 111 i 93 P 5 6 62j _ DO I shares.. t Metropolitan t Midland it Do Birming. & Derby Gt. \V. of Ireland 15 Do. shares 1044 105 129 1291 98 IU9 26 Mid Kent et North Britiah et Edin., Perth, & Dundee et Nth. Eastern—Berslok 25 63 e 4 25 26 104} 1054 Do, G.N.E. purchase' 1, Do Leeds it Do York it Do Carlisle.... 15 Do. Stook. & Darling. 16 Do do 1854-58 !6 Do do 186 G-61 ;t North London 10 Do New . ..„ LO Do New, 1864 t North St a fford s hire .. LO N. and S. W. Junction 5t Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stook ;t Do Soot. Mid. stook 10 Shrews. and Welohpool et Shropshire Union St ,South ..... 63; C4i 94 e3i 251 36i 9 10 7 3 / 4 8 3 / 4 123 126 1 1 p 74 75 10i 11 130 135 67 60 85 87 81} 81f It 'South Eastern d South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 20 Statnee,Wok.,andWok. et Taff Vale .............. 10 Do B 10 Do e et Vale of Neath et Waterford & Kilkenny 101 103 8 9 HO 165 5 6 3 4 1 93 ICO it West Cornwall it W. Hartlepool Har. &R 31 36 129 139 i 671 8k 1021 111 i 102 94 631 3 105 i 119} a 105 I 82 11 2f BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Shan 100 itlantio &St Lawrene all 59 61 :lom.,Barodait.Cent S)<101 991 101 100 Gu. 5 per 0ent....... • 20 Do. E. Shares... 7l dis p 201 Bulialo and LaKe alum all 4f 51 10 Do. Preference .... :Suffa .• 74 8 5 100 lo,Brant,&Godricl 100 75 80 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 187 100 Do. do. July 1, 187. 100 75 80 100 )o. do. Juue 1, 18; 100 75 80 et Acutta.NS.Eastn. (Lin 100 95 100 at ;'apeTown Dock Sari 100 93 95 100 Demerara 7 p.c. per. pf all stock Eastn. Bengal gu. bp. too 1(0 102 Stook East Indian, gu. s p. c 100 991 1001 lr 01 20 Do. do. G Ext all 111 201 20 Do. do. H do. stook Grand Trunk of Canadf Ivy 19 10 1 0 Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent all 91 94 100 Do. Ist fret. Bonds atl 71 73 100 Do. do. deferred all 61 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all €6 68 100 Do. do. deferred all 55 57 100 Do. 3d Fief. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 45 18 45 100 Do. 4th Pref. stoo all 29 31 100 Do. do. deferred all 26 28 stook :It IndlaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 1001 101; 20 Do. New gua. sp. a. 12 par 11 , stook at. South.of India (Liu, guaranteed 5 per cent 100 99 tOO stock Do. 41 per cent lOO stock Do. .... . . 2 se 3t. W. of Canada Share: al l 94 101 201 Do. New ...... . 18 10j 109 9; 10 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 89 01 100 90. 61 p. c. do. '77-8.... a ll 82 80 10 (ndfan Branch Limited 2 4 d in stook Madras . guar., 5p.0. .. 100 991 100; 109 stook Do. 4f p. 0. Extensioi 100 93 95 stook Do. 4/ d 0........ 100 89 01 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stook lielb.Corp. ep. o. Bnd, 100 60 llelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 8 CO 100 Do. 7p. o. slortg. Bds. all 10 Nlewßr unswick (t Candi Class and B. i.lll.e'da6 pc let pf bdr 100 80 81 stock Soinde (100 09 100 stock i)o. Delhi 1 100 08 100 10 Jo. do at Jo. Punjaub all 98 100 Jo. Do. •• t.t.• stook Do. Indus. St. Flo.) XlOO 94 96 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia. 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872. 100 Do. do. 1883.... 100 Inmoy.6p.c.Ja. stJ ut 1877-81 /00 94 96 945 Do. p. O. Feb.& Aup 100 94 96 Do. 6p. o. Mar. .t Sept 100 94 96 Do. sp. o. Jan.&.luly. 10i 82 84 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 82 84 ape G. Hope, 6 p c,187: 100 101 106 Do.Ap Oct&. 1881 100 107 109 Do. 189 100 .09 11l Jan. & July, 1891. 100 107 10 leylon, N0v.1878, 6 p 100 1( 9 112 Ilauritius 6 p . ccnt.lB73 100 01 101 Do. 1878 00 103 106 Do. 1882 104 104 103 gatal Gov. 6 per cont.. lOU .04 107 p.o.J a.&Jul 100 96 99 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct 100 4. S.W. G ov. 6 p 0.,181, 100 97 99 Du. sp. 0.4841 to 187; 100 96 98 Do. d0.,1688 &upwdt 100 954 96 96 Zealand 6 p cent 100 Nrova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875. lOO 99 102 lueensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 99 102 1005 Aus G6p.c.1878.& up.. 100 106 108 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 Do. lo 6 p.o. An.&00.. 100 1085 1094 1081 95 BRITISH MINES. 2 'ambrian Consol. Gold 1 5 1 Chiverton ....... ..... . 3 7 75 milord malamated.. 80 3 levon G. Cone.g (Tavist. 1 680 590 2 Drakewara............ 2.1.0. 15 11 li ass ett (Illogan).. ill 05 70 , ;ast Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon 1.14.1 266 274 , flst Carn 8rea........ 3 74 7 5 East Grenville 2.7.0. 75 8 East Lovell ........... 2.134 9 10 91 WlRussel (Tavistk. 8.13. 45 5 l am .&St.Aubyn(Gwen 60 5 7 4 Great Laxey, all 15 15 • I rcat South Tolgus.... cis 2 24 I. Wheal Vor (liele ton 29 30 315 lrenville ^. 7 75 lerc..d's-)Foot ...... 3.13 88 40 .lingston Downs 4.18.E 445 I,ad y Bertha Ilargaret (tiny Lelant 11 6 8 darke Valley.. 4 uyndv Iron Ore (Lim. 24 15 1 Nangile8.. Vew Seton 214 75 85 —• 'corn Downs 3 15 lf North Roskear.. 294 21 21 14 liatseet(lllo4an 3.1‘ .6 14 24 , :orth Wheal Crotty .. 2.80 35 45 Prosper United.... ... 35 4 ,Tovitlenee(Uny Lelnt. 10.0. 37 39 iouth Car•lon(S t.CleeT 1% 100 520 —i. Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.10.1 425 471 stray Park 30.17.1 28 30 Cin Croft 9 18 19 /Vest Basset (Illogan) ll 8 9 Cr radon (Liskeard 9 10 11 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan 51 92 95 1111 /Vheal Buller (Redruth 10 17 19 Wheal Ludeott Wheal Mary/inn (Men 8 14 16 Wheal 13eton 584 205 215 Wheal Trele.wney (Lie 7 19 21 Wheal Union 4 14 l5 fItI4IFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, West Mid., Newport perp. 6 per cent. prf. opt. till '66, 117 Midland, Leicester and Hitehin 4 per et., 91} 901 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. South Eastern 5 per cent.. 98 FOREIGN RAILWAYS.; Antwerp and Rotterdam,,9lM Bahia andiSan Francisco gua. 7 per cent., 15 1 FOREIGN hIIIiEST Cape Copper, Urn., log Cobre Copper, 30 Yudanan.utana of S. Australia, lim.,:2i I BANlib. Alliance (lim.), 511 1 Anglo Austrian. 71 Anglo-Italian, lim., 51 Bp , uk of Wales, lim., 17/ City,ll'i3 Consolidated Bank, lim., 101 10 English and Swedish, Urn., 14i Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 31 Imperial Bank of Ohina, India., and Japan, Um. 4 Imperial Ottoman, 17 Land Mortgage Bank.of India, lira., 5 4i London and County, 72 London Joint Stock, 45 London and 11 estminster, 97 Oriental Balm Corporation. 59 SI Seinde, I'unjaub, and Delhi, lint., 12/ South E , istern, lint., 8 Union of Australia, 52 Union of Ireland, lim., 20 MISCELLANEOUS. Commercial Union, Insurance, 81 Ebbw Vale, 4 Fore-street Warehouse, lim.," 6 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira., 6i Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., lim., 7/ Indian Carrying, lim., 11:1 International Financial :,ociety, lim., 81 Q 1 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cav our, 51 Ditto, 6 per c( nt. Bonds, redem. Is7o, issued 90, 83j 4 ; Joint Stock Discount, lim., 6: Land Securities, I'm , 4/ M ,dray Irrigation and Canal 4— Milwall Iron Works, 4: London Financial Association, Um, 23 N a ti ona l Financial, lint„ 5i35 Ott om an Financial Association, 01 Royal Mail Steam, AN ABSCONDING CLERGYMANWO deply re. Bret to learn that a clerayman in this county e , of high "evangelical" reputation, has suddenly disappeared, after borrowing considerable sums of money from more than o rs.ne reverend friend, besides victimising also some lay admire It is said that he has started on a continental tour with a female for his companion, leaving his wife and chileren without any provision whatev er for their supp living willort. The be immediately sequestered,—Linfqnshoe Chronicle. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVEN LNG, SEPTEMBER 17, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE--This Day, SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr F. Gibbons.) SHABSPERE'S PORTRAIT-SINQULAIt CASE-ELLIS P. POLAND. This was an action to recover a sum of money for certain portraits of Shakspere and engravings of Shakspore's house, at Stratford-on-Avon. Defendant objected to the portraits because they were not like the original. (Laughter.) His Honour (Mr Gibbons) would like to know who could decide the question, for there were half a dozen different portraits of Shakspere. Defendant produced two or three of the pictures sent in by plaintiff, and his Honour remarked that it appeared to be a very good likeness, taken from the celebrated Chandcs portrait. Plaintiff—That is exactly so. Defendant had the pic tures for the fancy fair held for the benefit of the Dramatic College at the Crystal Palace. Defendant—Yes, but I could not sell them. His Honour—Let me see the engraving of the house. Well that is a very good one indeed. What is your objec tion to it ? Defendant—There is a model brougham standing at the door. (Laughter.) His Honour (laughing)—l cannot see anything to com plain of in that. Perhaps you object to a tiger standing by the brougham. (Laughter.) Defendant—The pictures were sent on approval, and as they would not sell, I contend that plaintiff ought to take them back. Plaintiff—They have been so roughly used that I can not do so. Why defendant papered the whole of the in side of the Shakspere House at the Crystal Palace with en gravings, and I believe that some are actually nailed up. His Honour asked defendant how long he had kept the goods. Defendant—Till the fair•was over. His Honour thought that was too long. It was clear that the goods sent on approval ought to be returned im mediately they were found not to suit: Defendant assured the Court that the engravings were not at all damaged, and his Honour directed that they should be produced on a future day, when he could judge of the state they were in, and if plaintiff should receive them back upon certain terms. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This day. WESTMINSTER. A PROMI-.ING YOUNG Womax.—Elizabeth Corbett, a girl apparently not more than 18 or 19 years of age, wa chorged with the following outrageous conduct in St Luke's Workhouse, Chelsea. Miss Mary Sutton, assistant matron of the workhouse, said that the defendant was admitted there last Tuesday• Last evening complainant was in the hall, and as the in mates entered for supper the defendant suddenly attacked her in the most disgraceful manner. She turned round suddenly when opposite, and slapped complainant's face, which she followed up by rushing upon her, striking her repeatedly with her fists, and throwing her on the ground. She then pulled her hair down and seized herby the throat. Mr Selfe—ls anything known of her ? Complainant—She only came out of prison on Tuesday morning. Prisoner—What of it ? What has that to do with you ? You're a nice article Mr Selfo—What was she in prison for ? Policeman—Sho was committed for six weeks for break ing her mother's windows. Mr Selfe—Had you done anything to her, Miss Sutton before she attacked 3 ou ? Complainant—l had merely pointed to the seat she was to take, as it was the first time I had seen her since her ad- mission. Prisoner —Why, you better mind; you laid your hands upon me, didn't you, and I paid you out, didn't I. I'll let you see what I am ; I am a devil in hell outlawed. Complainant—l did not put my hand upon her at all. William Cook said that, hearing cries, he went to the spot and found Miss Sutton upon the ground with her hair all loose about her head. Another inmate was called to show the violence of the assault. Prisoner—You're a pretty thing. Why, didn't you and me agree to slip into her, and go to prison together ? Witness—Yes, we did ; but I don't want to go to prison. Mr Selfe—Your conduct is most outrageous, and I shall commit you to hard labour for 3 months. THAMES. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A MONOMONIAC.—WiIIiam Chapman, a sailor, who appeared in a very excitable and retless condition, was brought before Mr Paget, charged with attempting to drown himself in the London Dock, Mr John Hurley, tobacconist, of High-street, Shadwell, said that It 0 o'clock on Friday morning he saw the pri- goner deliberately jump into:the water. Ho gave an alarm and men put off in boats, and with grapnels and drags took the poor fellow out of the water. The prisoner appealed nearly gone when he was recovered from the water, and if great attention had not been paid to him he would have perished. Mr Paget asked the prisoner what ho had to say to the charge ? Prisoner—The Lord ordered me to do it. Mr Paget—The Lord ordered you to do it I When did Ho order you to do this ? Prisoner—Yes, Sir, about 9 o'clock in the morning in the London Dock, while I was standing by the side of the water. Mr Paget—Did you see the Lord. Prisoner—Yes, your Worship, He told me to go in the water. He was standing at the Dock, He said he had a commission for me. vv Mr Paget—How long have you had the commission P Prisoner—Since Saturday night last. Mr Paget thought the prisoner was suffering from de lirium tremens. A gentleman connected with the ship to which the pri soner belongs said there was no doubt the prisoner was labouring under delirium tremens. He was drunk for many days in succession, and left off suddenly on Saturday night last. The prisoner here interposed, and said, " I know what you are talking about. You think lam mad, but lam not. I have had a call from God." Mr Paget remanded the prisoner to the Clerk enwell House of Detention, and directed that an inquiry should be made into the state of his mind. The prisoner, as he was leaving the dock, said, " You had better mind what you are about, or you will all be brought up for judgment." , FEDERAL SUBSTITUTES.—A New York paper publishes the following extract from a letter written by a member of the 11th New Hampshire Regiment : Of the 300 that started for our regiment last winter only 175 ever reached it, and these were Italians, Spaniards, Irishmen, Dutchmen, Frenchmen, Englishmen, Australians, Portuguese, and Hungarians, Do not think this exagger ated, for there were men from all these nations, and pro bably some others were represented that I do not think of, On the way from Tennessee to Annapolis the majority of the 175 left us, and glad we were to get rid of them. It is the same all through the army. We have under guard now six Frenchmen, one Indian, ono half-bred, one Spaniard, five Irishmen, and the remainder I should judge were a glomaration of all races under the sun. Last week we had one Turk and a couple of Australians. The next quota I expect we shall have a couple of hyenas and a whole battalion of apes. If the people of the North are not willing to help us to fight the rebellion, but to every call for more troops they sand us nothing but these miserable things, we shall soon have scarcely any army left, and the war must cease for that very reason."— MOUNTAIN SLIDES.—Earth, or rather mountain, slides, compared to whist' the catastrophe that buriEd Willey family, in New Hampshire, was but a pinch of dust have often occurred in the Swiss, Italian, and French Alps. The land slip which overwhelmed, and coverrd to the depth of seventy feet, the town of Flare in the valley of the Maira, on the night of the 4th of September, 1618, spacing not a soul of a population of 2,430 inhabitants, is one of the most memorable of these catastrophes, and the fall of the ltossberg or Rufiberg, which destroyed the little town of Golden, in Switzerland, and 450 of its people, on the 2nd September, 1806, is almost equally celebrated. In 1771, accoreing to Wessely, the mountain peak Piz, near Alleghe, in the province of Belluno, slipped into the bed of the Cordevole, a tributary of the Piave, destroying in its fall three hamlets and 60 lives. The rubbish filled the valley for a distance of nearly two miles, and, by damming up the waters of the Cordevole, formed a lake of about three miles long and 150 ft deep, which still - - subsists, though reduced to half its original length by the wearing down of its outlet. On Feb. 14, 1855, the hill of Belmont°, a little below the pariah of San Stefano, in Tus cany, slid into the valley of the Tiber, which c msequently flooded the village to the depth of 50ft, and was finally drained vir by a tunnel. The masa of dt.bris is stated to have been about 3,500 feet long, 1,000 wide, and not less :than 600 high. Such displacemeuts of earth and rocky strata rise to the magnitude of geological convulsions, but they are of o rare occurrence in countries still covered by the primitive forest, so common where the mountains have been stripped of their native covering, and in many cases so easily expli cable by the drenching of incohesive earth foom rain, or the free admission of water between the strata of rocks—both of which a coating of vegetation would have prevented, that we are justified in ascribing them for the most part to the same cause as that to which the destructive effects of mountain torrents are chit fly due—the felling of the woods. In nearly every ease of this sort the circumstances of which are known, the immediate cause of the slip has been either an earthquake, the imbibition of water in large quantities by bare earth, or its introduction between or beneath solid strata. If wa'er insinuates itself between the strata it creates a sliding surface, or it may, by its expansion in freezing, separate beds of rock, which had been nearly continous before, widely enough to allow the gravitation of the euperincumbeut mass to overcome the resistance afforded by inequalities of fac e and by triet . ; if it finds it way beneath hard earth or rock reposing on clay or .other bedding of similar properties, it converts the support ing layer into a semi•fluid mud, which opposes no , obstacle to the sliding of the strata above,—" Alan and Auture," i y P, Marsh. MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The show of fruit and vegetables at our market to-day is seasonably large. Most kinds of produce command a moderate sale at the annexed currencies:— FRUIT. S. d. 8. d. Pine apples 6 oto 7 0 Foreign do., eaoh 1 oto 2 6 Grapes,per lb 2 oto 5 0 Foreign do 0 Oto 0 Oi ➢felons ... Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0, Apples, per hi -sv. 1 6to 2 6 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..10 0 to 14 01 Lemons, per 100 6 oto 8 0 Gooseberries hf sve ) oto 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 oto 0 0 s. d. s d M u lberries,pr pt 0 4to 0 6 Ch e rries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 0 Bto 1 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 Figs, per doz. .... 0 oto 0 6 Peaches, per d 0... 3 oto 10 0 Currants, per b.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 2 6to 3 6 reengages, pr do. 2 6to 3 6 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 4 oto 5 0 , Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz 1 9to 4 0 Horseradish, pdn 1 oto 1 3 ditt0......, Rod 0 0 So 0 0 ; Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz. 0 oto o 0 ' Celery, per ditto 1 o to 1 6 Cauliflowers, pdz 0 9to 2 0! Beet, per doz. .. 0 o to 0 0 Brocoli sprouts 0 oto 0 0 rarSIIIN, per do. 0 oto 0 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 8) 0 to i2O 01, , S ma ll salad, p. pn, 0 o to 0 New ditto, pr cwt 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms, p pt. 0 oto 0 0 C Turnips, dz bunch 3 6 t o 4 6 A r tichokes, each 0 o to 0 Carrots,pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cos lett, scor e .. 10 oto 1 3 Cucumbers 0 4 to 1 0, Mint and 8.4.v0ry..0 oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 I Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h.-sv. 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 French beans,h.s. 2 ot o 2 6; Chillies, per ditto 0 o to 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 0 Onions, doz. bn.. 1 oto 2 0 C a p s icums, per do 0 o to 0 0 to 0 Rhubarb, per bun 00 to 0 0 Spinach Brussels sprouts 0 OS o 0 0 S ca kale, per bun. 0 o to 0 0 , nAy MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £ 6 15 s ; clovor: £5 Os to £6 153 ; and str aw , £1 85 to £1 123 per load Trade firm. CUMRERLAND.--Meadow hay £1 to £5 15s ; clover, £ 5 to £6 153 Od ; and straw, £1 8; to £1 12a per load. A steady demand. WurrEcHAPEL,—Meadow hay £4 to £5 153 ; clover, £5 to £6 15s; and straw, £1 8 s t o £1 , 12s per load. An active inquiry. POULTRY. Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od; geese, bs Od to 7s Od each; goslings, 4s to 4s 6d ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od; ducklings, Os Od to Os Od; rabbits, is Od to is 6cl each; wild do., 10d to is ld ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 9d each; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 12s ; chickens, 5s Od to 7s 0(1 ; barn door fowls, 3s Od to 6s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges, is 3d to 2s ; woodcocks, Os to Os Od ; snipes, Od to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Od each; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is to is 2d ; English, is 2d to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, Ss Od to 8s 6d ; French do., 6s Od to 7s Od per 100 ; leverets, is 6d to 4s Od ; grouse, 2s 6d to 3s 6d. BILLING SGATE. Salmon, is Od to is Gd ; trout, Od to Od ; eels, 8d to Is ; prawns, Os ' • pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb ; turbots,Os 6d to 30s ; cod, 2s Od to 10s Od ; brills, is Od to 7s Od ; doreys, Is Od to 3s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is Od ; lobsters, is 6d to 4s; crabs, is to 4s Od ' • plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, is to 2s 6d per pair; common oysters, 18s to 40s ; natives, 65s to 81s per bush. ; whitings, 3s Od to lOs ; haddocks, Gs to 40s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen; mackerel, 40s to —s per 120 ; fresh herrings, 8s to Os per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s sa ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s Sd to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 28 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; and pork, 3e 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 61d to 7d , of household do., 5d to Gd per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 24d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3/d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 34d ; 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 41d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to sd; 9Glb to 1041 b, 5d to bid ; 1041 b to 1121b,—d to --d. Horse hides, lOs Od to Ils Od ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 4s Od ; full, 7s Gd to Os Od ; polled sheep, 5s Od to 6s Od ; half-breds, 4s 4d to 4s 9d ; Downs, 3s 10d to 4s 3d; lambs, 3s Gd to 7s Od. A Flapper for the Admiralty. Under this title " Caveto" has tho following. good and well-timed article in the Examiner of to-day : Sir, —Always doing, seldom done, and when done badly done at an enormous cost, is the motto of our Board of Ad miralty. The Times occasionally thunders at them, but it is generally distant thunder, the Daily Telegraph speaks out, the Army and Haag Gazette sometimes groans with a per turbed spirit, and sometimes is satirical. All in vain, the great proprietor of the borough of Totnes, the ducal bearer of Britannia's trident, assures the House of Lords that he rules the waves, and Rear• Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, as Mr Disraeli assures us, hitches up his trowsers, and in a manly, British, mariner-like manner reports " how many bells it is," when his grace replies, " Make it so," and the Houses of Lords and Commons are satisfied with that briet account of their affairs in true man of war fashion. The time may come, however, when disaster must cause the country to overhaul the Admiralty logs in a sharper spirit, for I feel convinced that disaster alone can achieve that good end. Is it not disgraceful that, instead of arming our ships after the manner and power of other nations, we lag behind them all ? Every foreign man-of•war which takes to the sea is armed with the most effective guns, while our boasted armour-clads sail up and down the channel, their officers feed and are fed by mayors and corporations, and while the people rejoice in their noble appearance, old sea men shako their heads, and exclaim, looking at their de ficient armaments, "Lucky we are not at war." I find the following passage in the last number of the Army and Navy Gazette. "Defence, armour-plated iron screw steamship, Captain Augustus Phillimore, 3,720 tons, 600 horse-power, arrived at Bristol on Wednesday, and Captain Phillimore immedi ately addressed a letter to the mayor of the city, announe• ing that her Majesty's ship was lying in the roads." Of course to be admired ; no doubt her construction as a man-of-war is admirable, but then her armament ought to be equally worthy of admiration. Now what is that arma ment? Why it consists of ten of the old Brown Bess family of smooth-bored 68-pounders, and eight of Arm strong's useless breech-loading whisker-singeing 100- pounder rifled guns. " What a falling off was there I" Well, but we have seen how the Awe! ican sloop of war Kearsage was armed, let us now look at a passage in the last report of the Federal American Navy, from the United Service Gazctte. "The iron-clad frigate New Ironsides, now repairing a, Philadelphia, has been ordered to be prepared for sea with all possible despatch, She has been thoroughly overhauled, and it is ascertained that she rec-ived but little damage while in Charleston harbour. She will have an entirely new battery of 11-inch Dahlgren guns and two new 150- pounder Parrott rfl,s, The work on the new screw frigates at the Philadelphia navy yard is progressing finely, and the vessels are expected to be as good as any which will be turned out at any of the yards," Be it understood that the 150-pounder Parrott rifled guns carrying heavy charges of powder, can pierce any plates as yet invented. Verily the Americans are wide awake, the head of their navy bereau sloepeth not, but as for our Board of Admiralty," the throstle cock's head is under his wing," 1 have now, sir, called your readers' attention to the West. Let me direct their observation to the North. Wh a t a re the Russia ns about ? They are employing our best engineers to make their guns; as for their ships, take the following fro.n the Observer f le o n r g s t e h a , and " The Russian fleet has just been strengthened by th e addition of a magnificent iron-clad frigate, called the Sevas topol, which was launched in the Cronstadt docks on the 24th ult. It is stated to be one of the largest and most for ble coating of teak midable of armed vessels yet constructed in Ecuhraoinpes.. Her She nearly equals the Black Prince and Warrior in her dimen sions, and far exceeds those of the Gloiro and Normandie, she fastened d d to 2 . 4 a f t d G a u t h At er her greatestline o fbflreoatdatthioni s s s h 2 e rt3 measures h 3 e o n o free:tdiyn from 6in. to Gin, thick. Her engines will have a nominal force of 800 horse power, and she will be armed with steel guns of the greatest calibra." duck Well, here is a nice )luscovy .for our waters! In plates e d s r a a r w e 4 2 i 6 i r n t .atthtihcke ,Pf7sPte the time of the old Franco-Russian war, the French used to say of the Russian soldiers that they were e very bravo fel lows, but so utterly stupid (1/64e), that when you had killed them it was necessary to knock them . down to convince them they were dead. Th i s I dare sayisapplicable enough to the Russian serf soldiery, not so to their officers, who are gene rally as polished ae they are brave, and as well informed as those of any service in Europe. In the last war the Rus sians had to sink their own ships ; take care, in the event of another war, that they don't sink your s . Had we not better set the Flappers to arouse the Lords of the Sleepy Islands? w e have lost our beet chance of putting an end to the brutal slaughter and demoralisation of the Americans of the die-United States. Neither side thank us nor like us ; tho Northerners hate us consumedly. Had we taken the part of the Southerners, away would have gone the great Monroe doctrine, awaywould have skedaddled the spirit of filibustering, away would have vanished all ideas of annexing the Canada& The South would have been closely connected with England. A nation of growers would have naturally sought a nation of importers. We should have commanded peace and secured its blessings, Let the Yankees and S,cessioners make peace, and how long will you enjoy it ? If they u nite, look out for an attempt to clip the Britishers' wings. Ido not mean to say that we have taken a wrong course. Perhaps we have adopted the soundest of the two, because most consistent with political morality, if there be such a thing ; but I am not at all convinced that it is either the safest course, or one most comlucivo to the immediate interests of the country. At all events, with the note of preparation all around us, it is no time for our Ad miralty to indulge in their unwholecome slumbers. CIIURCII RATES AT STAPLEUURST.—At the in ranging. from 3d to 20s. On the day of in stauco of Mr Henry Hoare , c hurchw arden of Staplehu rst, 2fosracrumreohnrsaetse,have lately been R e r v ed the inhabitants hearing at Cranbrook Petty Sessions, none of the parties summoned were in attendance. The bench adjudicated 17 cases, and in 14 made orders for payment forthwith with CoAS. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, DONCASTER RACES.--FRIDAY. -- • - - The Don Stakes of 50 sous each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b. Last mile. 6 subs. Mr It. C. Naylor's b c The Beaver (Challoner) 1 Captain Gray's b c King George (F. Adams) 2 Mr Bone's Coup d'Etat (Custance) :3 Betting-6 to 4 eget The Beaver, 7to 4 agst King George, and 3 to 1 agst Coup d'Etat. The two favourites ran in close company, King George having a slight lead, which he retained to the distance, where Tho Beaver headed him, and won after a fine race by a head. A bad third, The Town Plate (handicap) of 100 sous, for 3-yr•olds and upwards. Red House in. Sir J. Hawley's Washington, 3 yrs, Cat 41b (Mordan) 1 Mr it. H. Jones's Skylark, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (Cranshaw) 2 Mr York's Lytham, 3 yr.:, 6st 101 b (Loates) 3 The following also ran :—Argonaut, Lady Louisa, New market, G tilos, Trumps, Durham, The Beadle, Rapture, Petitioner, Jane Shore, Clairvoyente, and Farnhsm. Betting-2 to 1 agst Washington, 6to 1 each agst Beadle and Lytham, 10 to 1 each agst Lady Louisa end Durham, 103 to S agst Gellu., and 100 to 6 agst Clair voyante. After a tedious delay at the peat, caused by Clairvoyant() refusing to face his horses, the ft T. was lowered. Jane Shore got off in :rent, followed by Lytham (nest the rails), Skylark, and Washington, in which order they ran to the bend, where Lytham took a clear lead. At the stand ho was collared by the favourite, who, after a fine race, won by a length; the same distance between the second and third ; Clairvoyento was fourth, Lady Louisa fifth, Rapture sixth, and Beadle and Jane Shore headed the next lot ; the last two were Trumps cud Falnham, the latter of whom had been left at the post. The Doncaster Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 100 added, for 3-yr-,lds ; colt% Bst 10lb ; fillies, Sst 6'b ; the second received 50 soya. Last mile and a half. 87 subs. Mr W. S. Cartwright's Ely (Custance) 1 Mr W. Hudson's Coast Guard Mr J. Scott's Tooi-Tooi The following also rrn :—Peon, Washington, Brindisi, Narbonne, Columbine, Alabama, and Durham. Betting—G to 4on Ely, end sto 1 agst Peon. Tod-Toni made running at a strong pace to the Red house, where Ely took a clear lead, followed, next the rails, by Mr Scott's filly and Coast Guard, to which three the race was reduced as they entered the straight. At the dis tance the favourite increased his lead, and finelly won, without en effort, by eight lengths. Coast Guard, passing Tooi-Tooi in the last stride, secured the second money by three quarters of a length, end Peon trotted in fourth, Brindisi was fifth, Narbonne siith, and Columbine next ; the last three being Alabama, Washington, and Durham, Coast Guard pulled up lame. The SCIP., f Strkes of 5 soya each, with 50 added; for 2-yr olds end upwards; weight for ago, with selling allow 7 ances. RA-house in. 6 subs. Lord Westmoreleud's Doe:ord, 2 yrs, sst 111 b (£5O) (J. Grimshaw) 1 Sir J. Hawley's S:. Alexis, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (£5O) Fordham) 2 Mr Sidney's Obieciot the Jester, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (£5O) (King) 3 Mr 11, Owen's The Doctor, 3 y rs, 7st 71b (£5O) Morgan) 0 Mr Wood's Lady Mary, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (£5O) (Warrington) 0 Betting—Even agst Doeford, 2 to 1 agst St. Alexis, and 7 to 1 agst my other. Doeford made the whole of the sunning, and won cle verly by three parts of a length. A. bad third. The wanner was bou:, , ht in for 120 guineas. The Doncaster Cup, value 300 soya, for 3-yr-olds and up wards ; weight for age, with certain penalties and allow. ances. About two miles and five furlongs. Lord Gle , gow's General Peel, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (inc. 31b es.) (H. Covey) 1 Baron Rothschild's Hippolyta, 3 yrs, fist 111 b (J. Grirnshaw) 2 Mr Latind's Miner, 3 are, 7st .. (Whiteley) 3 Lord Gli-3gow's Rapid Rhone, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (carsied Bst Gib) Betting-5 to 4 agst General Peel, sto 2 agst Hippolyla, and 100 to 30 agst Miner. Miner made the sun's/ sg, followed in Indian file by Hip polyta, Rapid Rhone, cud General Peel, the pace being w:etchcl until they reached the foot of tie 1“'1, where it mended. At the Red House the &vomits headed his stable companion, and came on in waiting upon the leaders. When w:th'n the distance Miner gave way beaten, and Hippolyta went on with the :inning, but as they neared the enclosure Covey brought up the Generri, who had Fs adverscry beaten fn a few strides, and won Yr it h great ecee by a head. Miner cr.ntered in a bad third. The Nu-seiy Plate of 200 soya, for 2-yr-olds. Last mile. Mr Meri;s Vest colt, 7st 7ib (H. Covey) 1 Mr J. Osboi ae's Wild Poppy, 7st ... (WFteley) 2 Mr G. W. Morsis's Club Queen, Gat 9lb (Cc -roll) 3 The following also rrn :—Pinch filly, Sweet Jessie, Lady Sykes, Mongrel, Camball, Spice, Dei'y, Dames Sykes filly. Purity, Anonyms, Renfrew, Proviso, Mull Flagon, Lop ear, Cochrane, and Rose of Denmark. Betting-5 to 2 agst Proviso, sto 1 agst Moll Flagon, 10 ,o 1 each agst Spice and Lady Cochrane, 12 to 1 each st :he Vest colt and Camball, and 20 to 1 each agst Lop-ear, the Pinch filly, Wild Poppy, and Renfrew. After several failures Moll Flagon, the Vest colt, Proviso, the Pinch filly, Lady Cochrane, and Wild Poppy got away in advance and ran in compcny to the bend, where Moll Flagon gave way, followed shortly afterwards by the favou rite. Halfway in the &stance the Vest colt came away, closely followed by Wild Poppy and Club Queen, the Vest colt winning by halt a length; two lengths between the second and third; Proviso was fourth, Itenfrow fifth, and Lady Cochrane sixth ; Lady Sykes was next, and Defy the absolut9 last. The Park-hill Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for 3•yr.olds fillies, Bst 1016. St Loger Course. 18 subs, M: Robinson's Battaglia (Noble) 1 Lord Glasgow's Sister to Drake Captain Gray's Syren (S, Adams) 3 Mr T. Rowland's Molly Carew Lord Zetland's Bandarilla Mr Savile's Columbine (Goater) 6 Betting-6 to 4 agst Sister to Drake, 2to 1 agst Banda rine, and 5 to 1 agst Molly Carew. Battaglia got away in advance of the favourite, made all the running, and won easily by a head; time lengths be tween the second and third. A Sweepstakes of 200 soya each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; Bst 10Ib ; fillies, Bst 51b. The second saved her stake. St Leger Course. 6 rubs. Lord Stamford's Cambuscan (Edwards) 1 Mr R. C. Naylor's Gazza Ladra... ..... (Challoner) 2 Betting-10 to lon Cambuscan. Won by 20 lengths, HORSES STRUCK OUT. OF THEIR ENGAGE- IIENTS. June 6, Forager, out of Doncaster St Leger. Sept 8, at 3 25 p,m., Advance, out of Portland Plate and Two Year Old Stakes on Thursday at Doncaster. Sept 9, at 12.55 p,m., Rufford, out of Champagne Stakes, at Doncaster—Rigolboehe, out of Doncaster engagements. Sept 10, at 9 a,m., Pri ncess of Wales, Lady Tredegar , and Pixie, out c f Doncaster engagements—Berkeley, out of Doncaster Plate. At 11.30 am , Sister Mary, out of Two Year Old Handicap, at Doncaster. At 3.40 p.m., Lucky Star, out of Doncaster engagements. Sept 12, at 9 a.m., Typhoon, Jack Frost, Blue Bell, and Black Duchess, out of Doncaster engagements—colt by Orlando, out of Lady Palmerston's dam, Syren, and Mam head, out of St Leger—Mamhead, Secrecy, and Bonnie Glen, out of Doncaster Stakes—Chalybeate, out of Park Hill Stakes, Doncaster—Windham, Bonus, and Hymettus out of St Leger. At 11 a.m., all Mr Ten Broeck's horses out of age-for-weight races closed to date, at Doncaster. At 12.55 p.m., Birdfinder, out of Portland Plate, Doncaster. At 4.10 p.m„ all Mr Hodgman's horses, out of St Leger. After 6 p.m.. Lord of Eltham, Con traband, and Chesterfield, out of all engagements. 1864. At 10 p.m., Siva, out of all engagements, 1864. At 11.50 am , all Mr Saxon's horses (except Jane Shore, Rose of Denmark, and Lady Cochrane), out of Don caster engagements. Sept l3, at 9 a.m., Golden Cross, out of all engagements —Mountain Buck, out of Doncaster engagemen s—Green land, out of Canterbury engagements. At 10.10 p.m., Hot Shot, out of Ayr Gold Cup. At 3.5 p.m., Lord Waldegrave, out of all engagements, 1864. At 3.15 p.m., The Cripple, out of all handicaps to date. At 6 p,m,, Midnight Mass, out of Doncaster engagements. Sept 14, at 0.7 p.m., Wortham, out of Ladies' Plate, Bre con. At 10.35 a.m„ East Lancashire, out of Doncaster Cup. At 8,43 p.m., Blair Athol and Caller Ou, out of the Cambridgeshire Stakes. At 10 p.m„ Caller Ou, out of the Doncaster Cup. Sept 15, at 7.45 a.m., King of Utopia, out of Cleveland Handicap, Doncaster. At 9.15 a.m., Sister Mary, cut of all engagements this year, except Hendon. At 2 p.m., Blair Athol, out of Doncaster Cup and Stakes. Sept 16, at 9 a.m., Mountain Doe, out of Brecon engage ments. AN ENGLISH DESERTER.—A non•nOMMissiOCll I officer in the garrison of Kingston, Canada West, received last month a letter dated from the camp before Petersburg, written by a deserter who, signing himself anonymously "A Gunner of the Royal Artillery," i s wo n known. The writer says, "I am sorry that I was such a fool as to bu persuaded to come over hero, where you are driven about worse than niggers, Please to toll my coin ., ratios not to be guided b y them crimps, for they toll you that you'll get 800 dole„ but it is nu such thing ; all you get is 100 dols., and that they will rub you of if you don't look out. I will tell you who brought me over ; If you go and search their houso you will find some of my clothes there. Them men ought to be severely punished, for I toll you its nothing better than trading with a lot of cattle. There aro some more that are trying to get away, and they say they will get them away in spite of you. Nemo tell than if they know when they are well off they will stop where they are, unless they want to be treated worse than slaves. Please to put this in the papers, so as no other soldier shall be duped. Please tell than not to believe their -- lice, for it is all false ; what they want is to sell them as slaves. They ought to be found out and punished. I would freely do four years to be back again. Please let any comrades see this," D espatc hes were yesterday sent from the Colonial Office to the Governors of the West India Islands, Hondu ras, Vancouver's Island, and Dritiali Columbia. The King of Dahomey. Yesterday, at the meeting of the British Association, Captain R. H. BURTON read a paper ,on " The Ethnology of Dahomey," of which the following is a pretty full re- port : " In the year 1863 and 1864 I twice visited Dahomey, a country the savage and somewhat peculiar customs of which have made for is a name in Europe. My first fly:ng trip lasted one month—from May 18 to June 17. It extended only to Kane, a ruined town where the King Villagiatura was in country quarters. The second visit was prolonged to nearly three months, between Dec. 8, 1863, and Febr um y 26, 1864, end its length enabled me to learn a modicum of the Ffon, or nations! language. I am induced to offer the following remarks in the belief that my experi ence will rectify many popular fancies. Few places in Africa have been more cep:ously written of thin Dahomey, and yet so well informed a journal as the Saturday Re. view (July 4, 1863) gravely tells its readers that " the King of Dabcmey has lctely been indulging in a sacrifice of 2,000 Lumen beings, simply in deference to a national prejudice, and to keep up the goer old customs of the country." will presently arpear how the reviewer misunderstood the matter, And first of the word Dahomey—not Dabo'me. The existence of this otce great military empire was first made know a to Europe by a letter dated Abouey, Nov, 27, 1724, addressed by Mr. B. Lamb or Lambe, agent for the English African Company, to Mr Tucker, the Commandant of the English Fort \Vhydah. In it he describes, as an eye witness, the dread;ul slaughter of the people cf Allada, an island and independent city, by the conquering King Aga gia Dosu of .Dahomey, "when there was no stirring for bodies without heads. end had it rained blood it could not have been thicker on the ground," Yet the Kings of the rival settlements were Scotch cousins after the following fashion; "About 1620, an old and wealthy chef of Ailed& Proper, died, and left his dominions to his three sons. These agreed that the eldest should reign in his father's stead, which he did in peace and prosperity, under the name of Alluda Khosa, or King of A'lada. De' the youngest or some say, the second, invaded the upper waters of our charts, end founded Hwebona,' which we have since known as Little Ardrah, or Porto Nuvo. Benno the Daho mien King still calls him of Hwebona brother, although now under French protection. . . The little pro vinc3 of Ukwaur belonged to a chief named Aursee, who allowed the ambitious stranger to settle there, Delta, by degrees be coming power:al, encroached upon a neighbouring king dom, Dauh, meaning the shade in the raiabow. As his followers greatly increased, and he was even seeking more ground from Dauh, the latter excla'med in truth, ' Son, thou wilt build upon my stomach.' Dauh bided his time, slew the king, and erected upon his corpse the old palace of Dahorr, meaning the Dauh's stomach. Hereupon the Ffons changed their name to Dahomens, and thud, about 1625, arose the once great military empire familiar to the ears of Europe. The extent and population of Dahomey has been grossly exaggerated. Its superficies cannot be more then 4,000 square miles. Commissioner Forbes put its po pulation down at 200,000 ; M. 'Walloon, 900,000 ; Commo dore Wilmot, 180,000. I would reduce it to 150,000, of whom perhaps four-Etths ere women end children. The populat ion is not a third cf what the country could support. The ernual withdrawal of both sexes from indust. y to slave hunting and the customs of the capital, the lack of repro duction in A mazons, and the losses by disease, have made the country in parts a desert. So contemptible is the Afri can Power which is perhaps the best known throughout Europe. Capt. W. S, Cumming is the first Englishman that visited a D2noman monarch. Since his day (1726) the custom has been regu'rrly kept up. . . The grand cus toms take placeonly after the death of a king. They cele brate the annual rites in splendour and in bloodshed. Tra vellers give terrible accounts of the slaughter which accom panies the cites. Delzell (1791) said they lasted three months, and were marked almost every day with human blood. Capt. Taylor and Mr Hogg, Governor et Appalonia, were present, and both affirm that not less than 500 men, women, and children, were sacrificed. The last grand cus toms were performed in November, 1850, by the present so vereign, in honour of the manes of his father. The horrors of the rite were exaggerated with ridiculous adjuncts: It was reported that the King floated a canoe and paddled himself in a tank full of human blood. The report arose from the custom cf collecting the gore of the victims in pits about 2ft deep and 4ft diameter, The reports of Wesleyan missionaties show that very little change has trken place in regard to the number of victims. The yearly customs form continuations of the grand custom, and periodically supply a departed monarch with fresh attendants in a shadowy world, The Dahomi-ns declare that this world is man's plantation, end the next is his home. They of course own nc suture state of rewards end punishments. The number of victims has been greatly swollen by report. Mr James at the beginning of the present century tetrad the maximum of three several years to be 65. Corrmiesioner Forbes owns that in the later years of the Ring's reign, not more than 36 heads fell. Dosing try second visit 40 men were put to death. I presume that r i equal number of women were sent to the next world, but if so the executions took place within the place. The men were all ciim'aal and war cap tives. No innocent Dahomian is ever Filed on these occa sions, end the King imprieors those accused of capital offences. lie is so particular about the lives of his subjects that throughout the empire coroner's inquests must follow every death, and certify that it has not been violent. The time of execution is the hour of darkness. The public stays within doors under pain of death. The King per sonally superintends the executions. Some are clubbed and others aro beheaded by the Mingham, or Premier. The second Minister also takes his part in the trag:ly. After death the bodies are exposed in the market place for a few days, after which they are thrown into the city ditch. It is not, however, at the customs that the great loss of life takes place. At in the city of Great Benin and at Thomasi, the capital of Ashanti, almost every day wit nesses some deed of blood. Whatever action, however trivial, is performed by the King, it must be reported to his sire. A victim, almost always a war captive, is chosen, the message is delivered to him, an intoxicating draught of rum follows it, and he is despatched in the best of humours. 1 heard of only ono case where the victim ob jected to lose his life; but those who were prepared for the customs which I witnessed sat look;ng at the various cere monies beating time to the music, and eyeing all my move ments. At my request the King pardoned about half of them, but no man thanked me. There are two ethnological particulars in Dahomey which require notice—the corpo real duality of the King and the precedence of women over men. The monarch is double, two kings in one. The King g a v two courts, masculine rad feminine, and the high offi cars of both courts correspond in name and dignity. . Of s h e Am,;.. zon s about two - thirds are said to be maidens— a apeculi ar rried. The boY fi g :: 1 1 3t 1.2 Af r i ca —the remaining third having been m are not de facto married to the Bing, but it may take place a 1 his discretion. The Amazons affect d . g male attire, especially wheo in uniform. There is nothing savage or terrible in their appearance. When young they are compelled to dance, to take violent exer_ise, which ren ders them somewhat lean. As they advance in years they grow in weight, and many of them are subjects for the treatment of Mr Banting. The soldiers are not divided into regiments. There are, however, three distinct bodies. The King generally pays distinguished strangers the compli ment of placing them in command. I had this honour, but was not entitled even to inspect my corps. In 1863 I saw all their women troops marching on service out of Kann, and a careful computation gave a grand total of 2,038 ; but of these one-third or one-half were unarmed or half armed. On Tuesday, March 15, 1864, the present King carried cut his favourite project—en attack upon Abeponta, where his father had left name end fame. The attempt was contemp tible in the extreme, and resulted in a loss of 1,000 killed and about 2,000 captured. Thus Dahomey yearly loses prestige. JOHN FROST, THE CHARTIST.—Mr John Frost be well known Chartist leader of Monmouthshire has lately reappeared in public, Since his return to this country through the Queen's clemency he has lived in re tirement at Stapleton, near Bristol. In his 84th year, as he tells us, a halo and hearty man, ho is now engaged in writ ing a series of letters to a Newport contemporary, the Star of Gw:iit ; and it is eurit:us to see how the opinions of this once formidable leader of the mob have been toned down by time and circumstances. Adver.fity has, no doubt, done much, and it is not presuming to bei::"ve that the gradual, safe, and satisfactory progress of our peitical system has not left oven for Chartism, at least in its forneLlable guise, a leg to stand upon. In one of his letters Fres! , gives interesting details of his life after he was convided. On his way to Van Diemen's Land in the Mandarin convict ship, he was asked to join a mutiny. " When we were within a few days' sail of the Cape of Good Hope a prisoner brought me a letter. The writer was a prisoner, a smart little man. He had been a mate of a ship, and was pretty well educated. It was handed to me with great caution, as if it contained something to be known to me only. I read it, In this letter I was informed that it was the determina tion of the far greater part of the prisoners to take possession of the ship ; that, having great confidence in me, they begged mo to join in the plan; and the writer assured me that my orders should be obeyed: This letter put me into an awkward position. To conceal it from the superintendent, should the fact come to his knowledge, would have been deemed a crime, and of the weret sort. On tho other hand, I di•l not like to betray the writer. I showed the letter to Mr Williams. He seemed to favour the experiment. Let us look at the matter carefully,' said I. Suppose this should be a true. We have made ono mistake ; do not lot us make another. Suppose we should attempt and be killed, it would not be a very honourable death I Suppose we should succeed, do you think that we should exereiee authority over the pri soners P I will have nothing to do with it. I destroyed the letter." On arriving at their destination the superin tendent intercedes with the Governor, but without success. " When the superintendent returned on board he repeated to us the conversation which he e had had with the Governor, and he assured us—and I believe sincerely—that he was sorry he had not succeeded. Free t,' said he, we are about to part in all probability fur ever. lam happy to tell you that since you have been under my com mand you have acted the part of a gentleman ; and mark,' said he, looking at me very s ignificantly, nothieg that you said, nothing that. you did, was unknown to riv, ; and with this knowledge I again repeat that you have acted the part. of a gentleman. 1 address the same language to you, Wil liams.' .11is language set me thinking, and it confirmed suspicions which I had previously formed. Nothing that you said, nothing that you did, was unknown tome. Then he must have been acquainted will the affair of the letter. No doubt of it.l The Departure of Muller for london, (BY TELEGRAPH.) Inspector Tanner, with Muller, left Liverpool .his morning by the 9 o'clock express train, whi c h Ls due at Enston.square at 2.30. ARRIVAL OF MULLER AT BOW.STREET„ At 25 minutes before 3 o'clock this afternoon, the Liverpool express train drew up to th e ticket platform of the London and North Western Railway near the Camden-stag tion. The first face which was recog•A nised by those who had the privilege of being on the platform, was that of Inspector Tanner, who gaardtd his window, that of the carriage, carefully, so as not to allow even a chance of escape. He was taken to the police-station at Bow examination will a street, and the & large of murder formally entered against him y Inspector osp r o on Monday.' .11•1 The Self-Accused Murderer of Mr. Briggs, EXAMINATION AND DIECHAE.GE-1 HIS DAY. At the Worship-street Police-court, before Air Cooke, this morning, George Augustus King was c h arge d on remand upon his own confession with being concerned nith Muller in the murder of Mr Briggs. Mr B. J. Abbott said that since the last occasion the evidence that could be produced was strongly in favour of the prisoner, but his conduct was by no means satisfactory. Thomas Itichbat, a ticket collector at Fenchurcb.-street, said ho saw the late Mr Briggs at the foot of the North London stairs at a (platter to ten on the night of tha murder. 11 , 1 r Vann, on the part of the accused, said that when ho was charged upon his own confession with being the mur derer, he also was charged as" drunk and incapable." . _ _ Mr Abbott said that the prisoner had written a most cm traordinary letter to Mr Brigge, jun., and, as it was in court, perhaps it had better be read. Mr Safford, clerk, then read the letter, which was sent from Coburg-cottages, Ford-row, dated July 15, 1864. In it the prisoner said that he condoled with the bereaved family, and called down the vengeance of Heaven upon the guilty murderer, as the law of the land was to 3 mild for such wretches. He (prisoner) having assisted in conveying the body of the late Mr Briggs to the Mitford Arms, de clared that he had been nearly run over by a passing train while on the line, and he hoped, as he had lost three or fouK days' work, that he should receive a trifle from Mr Briggs• Mr Leigh, gentleman, of Hackney, said ho knew the late Mr Briggs, and saw him at Bow on the night of the alleged murder. There were two men in a first-class car riage with him, but prisoner was certainly not ono of those two, Mr Inspector Honey said the prisoner had been on tha stage. Mr Cooke told the prisoner that his own confession had been upset by the most positive evidence, and he would be discharged ; but he had been most properly punished, and it was to be hoped that the result of this case would deter other persons from forcing themselves upon the public. The prisoner was discharged. LONDON GAZETTE---Last Evening, FOREIGN OFFICE, SEPT. 16. It is horeby notified that E srl Russell, K.G., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received from Mr \Valsham, in charge of her Mojesty's Legation in Mexico, a despatch, inclosing a copy of a decree by which the blockade established in the Gulf of Mexico and on the Pacific Coast of Mexico has been raised. The following is a copy of the decree above referred The official journal published yesterday the following decree, under date July 29 : Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, Desiring to afford to commerce a proof of the interest which we take in its freedom and prosperity, we have de creed and do decree— Art. 1. The blockade of all the ports of the Empire, both in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Pacific, is raised. Our Secretary of Finance, in communicating the present decree to the Maritime Customs authorities, will transmit to them the necessary instructions. Given at the Palace of Mexico, July 29, 1864. (Signed) D 1 azt~tiLiAx. FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT 15. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint his Excellency the Right Hon. Sir Andrew Buchanan, K.C.8., now her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni potentiary to the King of Prussia, to be her Majesty's AmbassadorExtraordinaryand Plenipotentiary to the Em peror of All the Russias. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint his Exceliency the Right Honourable Lord Napier, Kt., now her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni potentiary to the Emperor of All the Russias, to be her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia. DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 15. The Queen has been pleased to ratify and confirm the appointment of Hugh Williams Austin, Esq , to be a Member of the Privy Council of the Island of Jamaica'. WHITEHALL, SEPT. 5. The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto George Crowther, of Brandon Lodge, in the township of Wigton, in the parish of Harewood, in the county cf York, gentleman, her Royal licence and authority that he may, in compliance with a condition in the last will and testa meat of John Wigglesworth, of Brandon aforesaid, de ceased, henceforth take and use the surname of Wiggles worth in lieu of that of Crowther : And also to command that the said Royal concession and declaration be recorded in her Majesty's College of Arms. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 14, The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Charge d'AtrAires at Saint Petersburg, enclosing a copy of a Rwsian Imperial Order fixing the duty on un cleaned rice imported into Saint Petersburg by sea, at 30 copecs the pod. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 15. The undermentioned Commanders have been promoted to the rank of Retired Capt.in from the Ist July, 1864, under the provisions of the Order in Council of the 9th July, 1864;—Henry St. John Georges, William Montagu Isaaeson George Pasco, Herbert Grey Austen, Robert Jenner, and Robert Phillips, Alexander Kent, was promoted to the rank of Paymas• ter-in-Chief on the Retired List, on the Septeuaber, 1864. BANKRUPTS, The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : E ;ward Parr, coal merchant, Leamington Fredk. Will;ams, grocer, Plymouth Henry Hif - theock, grocer, New Cross-road, Surrey William Reed, builder, West Ham, Essex Francis Brown, glazier, 13.0-ton-under-Need wood Horace Fuller, horse dealer, Canterbury Tiv , mas Bulmer, plumber, Kingland-road Richard Styles, fishmonger, liingsland J P o i s e e t p e r h B. e V r e a a n t 0 r d d e , r c V o t l t i o e n s , s p i u in b I n t e c r a , n 13 , L a e a r w p t o o o n l , Cheshire Wm. Fryer, contractor, Gateshead Low Fell John Wilkinson, farmer, Strensall John F. Davis, auctioneer, Peterborough "W. G. Parbery, g rocer' orthampton SU/ICH BANKRUPTS. George Riddoch, merchant, Aberlour, Banffshire James Scott, farmer, Rochallie, Perthshire John Campbell, merchant, Thurso SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Sept. 17.—Wind this day at noon—South- West; moderate .breeze and cloudy; heavy rain in the night. FALMOUTH, Sept. 16.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Roslin Castle, 13r Dublin and Melbourne. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Azoninn, from London for Palma—Joseph and Mary, from London for Rio Janeiro. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 15.—Arrived—Lord Warden, from Lc•ndon fur Madras. CARDIFF, Sept. 14.—Wind W.S,W.—Saiied—Maria, for Grenada: KINGROAD, Sept. 16,--Wind N.W.—Arrived—Frarz, from Richibucto for Gloucester. BRISTOL, Sept. 15.—Wind W.N,W.—Arrived—Mar garet Fa'coner, from Cuba. SWANSEA, Sept. 16.—Wind for Valparaiso. (BY ➢fAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 16 —Thomas and Elizabeth, from Guern sey—Giulia, from Concepcion—Sarah Black, from New York—Glen, from Osten—Eclipse, from Trieste —George Otto, from New York. Sailed, Sept. 17.—Neva, steamer, for Dunkirk—Holland, steamer, for Ostend—Concordia, steamer, fur Boulogne— Velocity, for Calais. DIAL, Saturday Morning. Passed.—Glenbrook, from Jamaica—Garibaldi (brig) rom Bolizl—both for London—London (screw steamer) orn London, for Gibraltar. Auchored.—Harry WC:artily, for Tagaurog---Chamois Alberto, for Oporto—both from London—Sea Flower, from Sunderland, for Gibraltar. Sailod.—Arab Steed and liiather Mil, with others, for the \Vett. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, AO- Market better on China's news, and the peace idea is entirely pAsid away. Saks, 6,000 or 7,000 bake, at 13. to ld. advance. Course of Exchauge,—Yesterday. ---...— ---. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 2% 12 3 Antwerp ..... ~ : - 25 SO Brusels — '25 75 25 80 II ainbal gli - 13 9i 13 10 Faris ... ... Dit to Marseilles.. Frankfort on Maine.. —121 a Vienna .. 12 5 :1 2 1 0 r. 12 1 0 Trieste ... — 12 5